International News Flow Online: Global Views with Local Perspectives

by Elad Segev

Overview

The book explores the theory of news flow around the world, and analyses many of its dimensions such as the global standing of the United States, the Middle Eastern conflicts as seen around the world, and, the effect of financial news. In doing so, the book unveils new patterns, meanings and implications of international news on our perception of the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781433129858
Publisher:	Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Publication date:	12/13/2015
Series:	Mass Communication and Journalism , #19
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	204
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.06(h) x (d)

About the Author

Elad Segev (PhD, Keele University) is senior lecturer in media and communications at the Department of Communication, Tel Aviv University. He is the author of Google and the Digital Divide (2010), and has published his research in the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, Journalism, Political Communication, International Communication Gazette, and the International Journal of Communication, among others.

Table of Contents

Contents: – International News Flow: From Theory to Practice – International News Flow Online – The Economic Newsworthiness of Countries – International News Is American – Global and Regional Trends in News Prominence – Many Local Views – A Local Outlook on a Global Conflict – Short-Term Effect: Agenda Setting and the News-Memory Nexus – Long-Term Effect: News, Global Views, and Soft Power.

Editorial Reviews

«Segev’s volume advances news flow theory and is recommended for anyone interested in or conducting research into international news flow.» (Jay Miller, Electronic News 12(1) 2018)

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